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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023

29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (Major Group)

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations comprises the following occupations: Chiropractors; Dentists, All Other Specialists; Prosthodontists; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; Orthodontists; Dentists, General; Dietitians and Nutritionists; Optometrists; Pharmacists; Physician Assistants; Podiatrists; Therapists, All Other; Exercise Physiologists; Recreational Therapists; Radiation Therapists; Respiratory Therapists; Occupational Therapists; Speech-Language Pathologists; Physical Therapists; Veterinarians; Registered Nurses; Nurse Anesthetists; Nurse Midwives; Nurse Practitioners; Audiologists; Physicians, All Other; Neurologists; Physicians, Pathologists; Dermatologists; Cardiologists; Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Psychiatrists; Radiologists; Anesthesiologists; Pediatricians, General; Emergency Medicine Physicians; General Internal Medicine Physicians; Family Medicine Physicians; Surgeons, All Other; Pediatric Surgeons; Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric; Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric; Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other; Acupuncturists; Dental Hygienists; Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians; Medical Dosimetrists; Nuclear Medicine Technologists; Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists; Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians; Diagnostic Medical Sonographers; Radiologic Technologists and Technicians; Paramedics; Emergency Medical Technicians; Dietetic Technicians; Ophthalmic Medical Technicians; Surgical Technologists; Psychiatric Technicians; Veterinary Technologists and Technicians; Pharmacy Technicians; Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses; Medical Records Specialists; Opticians, Dispensing; Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other; Orthotists and Prosthetists; Hearing Aid Specialists; Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars; Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other; Genetic Counselors; Surgical Assistants; Athletic Trainers


National estimates for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
Industry profile for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
Geographic profile for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

National estimates for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
9,284,210 0.1 % $ 49.07 $ 102,060 0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $ 19.88 $ 28.70 $ 38.86 $ 53.48 $ 80.44
Annual Wage (2) $ 41,350 $ 59,700 $ 80,820 $ 111,240 $ 167,320


Industry profile for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 3,267,670 57.18 $ 47.60 $ 99,010
Offices of Physicians 1,285,920 45.24 $ 76.13 $ 158,340
Outpatient Care Centers 437,170 41.13 $ 51.07 $ 106,230
Offices of Other Health Practitioners 418,410 36.66 $ 41.69 $ 86,700
Health and Personal Care Retailers 413,860 37.32 $ 34.30 $ 71,340

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 3,267,670 57.18 $ 47.60 $ 99,010
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals 145,640 50.97 $ 48.69 $ 101,270
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services 172,590 50.06 $ 26.71 $ 55,550
Offices of Physicians 1,285,920 45.24 $ 76.13 $ 158,340
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals 98,150 41.84 $ 38.89 $ 80,890

Top paying industries for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Offices of Physicians 1,285,920 45.24 $ 76.13 $ 158,340
Offices of Dentists 337,560 33.00 $ 62.60 $ 130,210
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) 230,890 10.80 $ 62.53 $ 130,070
Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds 110 0.97 $ 57.42 $ 119,440
Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers 40 0.05 $ 57.04 $ 118,650


Geographic profile for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, see the Create Customized Tables function.



Map of employment of healthcare practitioners and technical occupations by state, May 2023


States with the highest employment level in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 955,900 53.27 0.87 $ 61.54 $ 128,010
Texas 746,510 55.06 0.90 $ 45.45 $ 94,540
Florida 627,180 65.55 1.07 $ 46.49 $ 96,700
New York 564,450 60.09 0.98 $ 53.94 $ 112,190
Pennsylvania 415,980 69.93 1.14 $ 46.71 $ 97,160


Map of location quotient of healthcare practitioners and technical occupations by state, May 2023


States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
West Virginia 60,410 87.72 1.43 $ 41.24 $ 85,790
South Dakota 34,830 78.37 1.28 $ 40.79 $ 84,840
Mississippi 84,280 73.29 1.20 $ 38.69 $ 80,460
Kentucky 140,350 71.49 1.17 $ 42.57 $ 88,540
Ohio 388,290 71.00 1.16 $ 46.29 $ 96,280


Map of annual mean wages of healthcare practitioners and technical occupations by state, May 2023


Top paying states for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 955,900 53.27 0.87 $ 61.54 $ 128,010
Hawaii 34,370 55.71 0.91 $ 60.49 $ 125,820
District of Columbia 28,730 40.94 0.67 $ 58.60 $ 121,900
Oregon 105,610 54.35 0.89 $ 58.59 $ 121,860
Washington 188,090 53.81 0.88 $ 58.05 $ 120,740



Map of employment of healthcare practitioners and technical occupations by area, May 2023


Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 560,610 59.04 0.97 $ 56.20 $ 116,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 346,560 56.03 0.92 $ 56.31 $ 117,130
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 275,910 61.22 1.00 $ 47.42 $ 98,640
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 210,280 53.01 0.87 $ 47.22 $ 98,210
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 200,320 70.80 1.16 $ 50.01 $ 104,020
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 184,560 66.82 1.09 $ 57.18 $ 118,930
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 181,300 57.02 0.93 $ 47.15 $ 98,070
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 174,870 64.25 1.05 $ 48.08 $ 100,010
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 160,430 56.94 0.93 $ 51.65 $ 107,430
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 148,350 47.98 0.78 $ 55.79 $ 116,050


Map of location quotient of healthcare practitioners and technical occupations by area, May 2023


Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Rochester, MN 23,780 199.13 3.26 $ 59.71 $ 124,190
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 6,230 152.19 2.49 $ 40.41 $ 84,050
Morgantown, WV 9,200 140.88 2.30 $ 37.85 $ 78,730
Greenville, NC 9,410 117.99 1.93 $ 42.62 $ 88,660
Ann Arbor, MI 25,400 117.97 1.93 $ 52.02 $ 108,200
Kankakee, IL 4,830 116.17 1.90 $ 39.46 $ 82,090
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 37,060 110.25 1.80 $ 44.45 $ 92,450
Gainesville, FL 15,090 106.99 1.75 $ 43.52 $ 90,530
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 13,650 106.02 1.73 $ 43.35 $ 90,170
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 4,640 104.84 1.71 $ 38.69 $ 80,480


Map of annual mean wages of healthcare practitioners and technical occupations by area, May 2023


Top paying metropolitan areas for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 54,910 48.09 0.79 $ 76.20 $ 158,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 118,850 49.07 0.80 $ 73.56 $ 153,010
Napa, CA 4,420 56.88 0.93 $ 69.07 $ 143,660
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 9,780 71.07 1.16 $ 67.56 $ 140,520
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 61,820 58.97 0.96 $ 66.50 $ 138,330
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 81,980 53.84 0.88 $ 65.28 $ 135,780
Killeen-Temple, TX 14,700 100.00 1.64 $ 62.75 $ 130,520
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 5,140 52.46 0.86 $ 62.60 $ 130,200
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 24,820 61.85 1.01 $ 61.87 $ 128,700
Champaign-Urbana, IL 9,490 90.24 1.48 $ 61.78 $ 128,510

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 23,160 59.58 0.97 $ 37.53 $ 78,060
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) 17,990 55.31 0.90 $ 40.83 $ 84,930
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area 16,640 73.30 1.20 $ 36.72 $ 76,380
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 15,930 62.41 1.02 $ 40.42 $ 84,080
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 14,430 51.81 0.85 $ 38.94 $ 81,000

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area 9,760 96.74 1.58 $ 39.42 $ 81,990
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area 8,940 88.85 1.45 $ 59.31 $ 123,360
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 12,570 78.49 1.28 $ 39.93 $ 83,060
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area 6,760 77.74 1.27 $ 38.32 $ 79,710
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area 5,390 75.82 1.24 $ 37.55 $ 78,110

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area 8,940 88.85 1.45 $ 59.31 $ 123,360
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area 4,700 46.27 0.76 $ 57.33 $ 119,240
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area 5,250 49.64 0.81 $ 57.07 $ 118,710
Alaska nonmetropolitan area 5,270 51.18 0.84 $ 56.78 $ 118,100
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area 3,220 52.51 0.86 $ 56.17 $ 116,840


About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OEWS estimates and related information:

May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2023 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024